White House, Congress propose gun control

President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden as he makes a statement Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, about policies he will pursue following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct. Obama is tasking Biden, a longtime gun control advocate, with spearheading the effort. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)